Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-08
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The Wool Growers Make a Ringing
Protest Against the Authorization
Message of President Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-At to-day's session
of the conference of wool growers and wool
dealers of the United States called by the
president of the national association of wool
growers the following was unanimously
adopted:
The wool dealers and wool growers of the
United States representing a capital of over
$500, 200, 900 and a constituency of a million
wool growers and wool dealers assembled in
conference in the city of Washington this 7th
day of December, 1887, having read the first
annual message of the President to the Fifth
eth Congress declare that the sentiments of
the message are direct attack upon their in
dustry, one of the most important of the
country, and in positive violation of the ma
tional Democratic platform of 1884, as inter
preted by the party leaders and accepted by
the rank and file of the party; that the argu-
ment made by the President for the removal
of our protection against foreign competition
is the old one repeatedly made by the enc
mics of our industrial progress and effective
~ answered in nearly every school district of
our land and 80 thoroughly disproved by the
logic of facts and the demonstrations of ex-
perience and history as to need no answer
from us. We acknowledge that tour small
condition make us the easy prey of
the free trader, but we have a
right to expect something different
from the chief executive of the nation at
once the most happy, prosperous and content
ed OF any Of the world, made so by policy
seeks to destroy. We had right to expect
our President would favor the wool growers
of the United States and confess our deep dis
appointment that instead he favors the in
terests of our foreign competitors. Justly
alarmed at his position we make an appeal
from his recommendations to the people, to
all the people, to the seven and three-fourths
millions of our citizens engaged in agricul.
ture, to the citizens engaged in manufacture
ing, to the army of wage earne1s whose
wages are maintained by the protective sys
tenn, to the tradesmen and merchants whose
prosperity depends upon ours, confident that
their judgment and decision will be based
upon justice and patriotism, and therefore
for the maintenance of the American policy
of protection to which the country is indebt-
ed for Its unexampled progress and develop
ment.
To demonstrate the injustice of the Presi-
dents policy and fallacy of the remedy he
proposes for the reduction of the surplus we
point to the fact that if the whole amount of
the revenue derived from wool was abolished
1t would reduce the surplus only about S.
OO0,OOO, or less than ten cents per capita of
the population, which is paid by foreigners,
while the old war taxes yield over $119. O0O, 600
and is direct tax per capita of So each and
what makes up the great bulk of the surplus
of $140, O00, goo and which fosters a most dan
gerous monopoly. We further add the fol-
lowing statistics in regard to the wool indus
try: The annual revenue derived from re-
ports of wool under the tariff of 1867 was less
than 81, 700, 200. Under the reduced tariff
of 1888 the revenue last year was over So
600, 600. The number of sheep in the country in
1884 was 60 626 GIG, in 1887, "A, 759, 314, a de-
crease of nearly six million and diminua-
ton of the annual wool product of over 35,-
OO0,O pounds, thus showing that reducing
the tariff by the act of 1888 has increased the
revenue from imported woods and diminished
the number of sheep in the United States about
twelve per cent. and the annuel product in
the same proportion. The Presidents
policy would bring about the destruction of
this industry and the same policy of redue-
ton and abolition of the tariff would end in
disaster to all other industrial enterprises of
the country.
MILITARY ACTIVITY IN RUSSIA
Made n Cover Fer Bismarck to Play
One of His shrewd Diplomatic
Cards.
VIENNA, Dec. THE opinion is very gen
eral here that the German press exaggerates
the Importance of the military movements in
Russia in order to disguise Prince Bismarck's
posed to be the removal of the Gear from the
influence of those who desire to estrange
Germany and Russia. The course of the
German press is considered to be danger
Gus one because in the event of Bismarck
failing in his purpose it will increase the ten
sion of the situation. 1t is owing more to a
possible failure on the part of Bismarck than
TRAN military precautions may be necessary
The Political Correspondence semi -oficial-
ly denies a report that the powers inter
ested have sent note to Russia in reference
to the increased force of troops on the from
tiers. The paper says the Austrian frontier
guards will be completely organized and their
numbers increased. 1t adds that the Russian
censor has suppressed all kilograms sent to
Russia in reference to the Fremdenblatt's
article concerning Russia's action.
1t is reported that all the Russian troops
whose time of service expired in the autumn
were retained in the ranks, that $50, 900 re-
cruits have been enrolled in the array corps
which forms the military line from Libulin |
to Seamose and that strong body of cavalry |
is stationed between Rovono and Kavel |
The places are near the Austrian frontier.
with Austria Remains the Choice.
BERLIN, Dec. THE Cologne Gazette
says: Two opinions prevail in st. Petersburg
Bulgaria. On the one side a di-
plomatic solution of the problem is favored,
while on the other military measures are be-
lieved to be necessary in order to exercise
pressure upon the powers, especially upon
Austria. With Austria remains the choice
serious conflict and the accent
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